Digital Accessibility

Introduction

The Importance of Digital Accessibility

Digital accessibility means that our website is accessible to all people, regardless of individual limitations or the assistive technologies used. This includes people with visual, hearing, or mobility impairments, as well as those who use assistive technologies such as screen readers, keyboard navigation, or alternative input methods. The goal is to enable use without unnecessary barriers, with clear structures and understandable content.

Accessibility is not only a legal obligation but also a sign of social responsibility. It promotes participation, equal opportunities, and inclusive digital spaces where everyone, regardless of abilities or technical prerequisites, can access, interact with, and participate in information. In this way, digital accessibility makes an important contribution to social justice and equal access to education, services, and information.

Our Commitment at saferspaces

saferspaces wants to design digital offerings so that they are open to as many people as possible. Accessibility is not a one-time state for us, but an ongoing process. We understand it as part of user-friendliness, fair access, and digital responsibility.

We rely on continuous learning, feedback, and close collaboration with experts in accessible design to continuously improve our website. Our goal is to create digital offerings that are intuitive, accessible, and pleasant for all users to use.

Compliance Status with Legal Requirements

This website is largely compliant with the requirements of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at conformance level AA as well as the Barrierefreie-Informationstechnik-Verordnung (BITV 2.0). The legal basis is EU Directive 2016/2102.

Detailed Accessibility Content

The implementation follows the four central WCAG principles:

  1. Perceivable Content
    Content must be perceivable for all users. This includes, for example, alternative texts for images, captions for videos, and sufficient color contrasts so that content is also accessible to people with visual or hearing impairments. To support the creation of accessible alternative texts, we have developed an Alt Text Generator that uses AI to automatically generate descriptive texts for images.

  2. Operable Content
    All functions of the website must be usable, even without a mouse or touchscreen. Keyboard operability, logical navigation order, and clear interaction options are part of this.

  3. Understandable Content
    Content should be clear and comprehensible. This includes understandable texts, consistent navigation, clearly recognizable labels for buttons and form fields, as well as simple, understandable language.

  4. Robust Content
    Content and technologies must be reliably interpretable by various browsers, devices, and assistive technologies to ensure long-term use.

Note: The examples mentioned serve to illustrate and do not claim to be complete.

Known Limitations

Despite careful implementation, not all areas can yet be fully accessible, e.g.:

  • Individual PDF documents are not yet fully accessible
  • Embedded content from third parties whose accessibility is not guaranteed
  • Isolated older content without complete alternative texts

We are continuously working to address these limitations.

Ongoing Improvements

The accessibility of our website is regularly reviewed. We use automated testing tools, including Google Lighthouse, to continuously monitor and verify our compliance with accessibility standards. Technical developments, new content, and structural adjustments are continuously evaluated and optimized from an accessibility perspective.

Feedback and Contact

If you discover barriers or have suggestions, we look forward to your feedback:

Email: barrierefreiheit@saferspaces.de

We carefully review all suggestions and respond promptly.

Last updated: December 5, 2025